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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 25 March 2017 CE
Mar 26, 2017, 21:24
Ulver – The Assassination Of Julius Caesar. I really must stop listening to Ulver albums, as it’s such a frustrating experience. Whether it’s industrial metal, 70s prog, psychedelic improv, or in the case of their latest, 80s-flavoured electro-rock, they always promise to deliver something compelling, but always seem to fall short. The hand of Grumbling Fur’s Daniel O’Sullivan is stronger than ever here, but he did this kind of thing much better himself on the second Mothlight album. There’s nothing here that’s completely awful, but it’s often just a bit… naff.

Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology. This on the other hand is absolutely super. The Broadcast-channelling title track is on the new Mojo freebie CD if you fancy a preview.

Cakewalk – Ishihara

Blown Out – Superior Venus

Trimdon Grange Explosion – s/t. All these three are great too.

22-20s – s/t. Continuing last week’s theme of “bands from the Nottingham area that were really good, but everybody’s forgotten them”, here’s the debut album from angry blues rocking young men 22-20s (who actually came from Sleaford, unlike Sleaford Mods), and it’s a raging slab of faintly misogynistic angst that still sounds utterly vital today. Saw them at a packed Astoria in the early 00s, but I think the main guy fell out with the rest of the band, and that was them effectively kiboshed… (actually, they reformed a few years later, but by then, attention had moved elsewhere) But blimey, you can’t argue with tracks like these, hell of a sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwTexpqTIFs / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eaKENd9mRw

Hawkwind – Palace Springs. The best of the three albums in the GWR boxset, despite being one of those half studio, half live affairs of which Hawkwind have far too many to their name. The studio tracks pull off the trick of credibly updating the classic HW sound, while there’s some decent reinterpretations of older tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0PBw1Avngg

Kingdom Come – Galactic Zoo Dossier / Journey. Arthur Brown’s band after The Crazy World Of… Haven’t heard GZD since I was a callow teen – was a bit flummoxed by it then, but this time round, can appreciate there’s quite a bit of decent heavy prog here, albeit Arthur’s operatic blues vocal can be an acquired taste. Hadn’t heard Journey before, which is clearly a bit of an oversight, as it’s genuinely innovative in places, not least because it’s apparently the first album where the entire rhythm track was played by drum machine. Hawkwind were also clearly listening… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdZiSl4ti_o

Listen With Father:

Siouxsie & The Banshees – Once Upon A Time. It’s only a matter of time before one of them starts wearing kohl eyeliner…

F is for…

50 Foot Wave – s/t EP. So, this was when Kristin Hersh revealed that there’s always been a NWOBHM/hardcore side to her music. Had forgotten quite how hard this rocks, terrific stuff. I saw the first British 50 Foot Wave show at The Garage in Highbury, and remember the look of horror on the faces of various Throwing Muses-loving audience members as Kristin “tore the roof off the sucker”, as I believe they say. Cop this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xQhGpzHiLc
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